418 A TREATISE ON RE-BAPTISM.
Christ,when Christavows that it cannot avail liirr*»
forasmuch as the Lord saidthat He 1 must needs •,roog^t;
toconfessionby us beforemen, which cannot be f|<(™hout
Him, and withoutvenerationof His name. .AndF^018
both [scil.baptisms(?)]ought tostand by the confe r01111^
and sincere,and uncontaminated, and inviolatcaF^011*
any choicebeing made of the confessor himself lPer ^e
isrighteousor a sinner,and a perfectChristian <>.1IDPer'
feetone,who has not fearedto confess the Lord .!lSown
greatestperil. And thisisnot contrary to the
cussion,because thereislefttherein time for the1*01'011
of many thingswhich are bad, and because certain a&s 816
conceded to the very name only of our Lord • wh ^^T1-'
dom cannot be consummated except in the Lord 4 ^ ^e
Lord Himself,and thereforenobody can confer r'st%v't^1'
out His name, nor can the name of Christ "-^ one f°r
confessionwithoutChristHimself.
12. Wherefore the whole of thisdiscussionmust be con
sidered,thatitmay be made cleamr. For the invocationof
the name of Jesus can only he an advantage if it shallbe
subsequentlyproperlysupplemented,because both prophets
and apostleshave so declared. For James saysin the A
of the Apostles: " Men and brethren,hearken: Simon hadi
declaredhow God at the firstvisitedthe Gentiles,to take
out of them a people forHis name. And to thisagree the
words of the prophets; as it is written,After this I will
return,and willbuild again the tabernacleof David, which
has fallendown ; and I willbuild again the ruins thereof,
and I willraiseitup anew ; that the residueof men may
seek the Lord, and allthe Gentiles,upon whom my name is
calledupon them, saiththe Lord, who doeth thesethings.-'1
Therefore alsothe residueof men, thatis,some of the Jews
and allthe Gentilesupon whom the name of the Lord is
called,may and of necessitymust seek the Lord, because
thatvery invocationofthename affordsthem theopportunity,
or even imposeson them the necessity,of seekingthe Lord ;
and with thesethey prescribethe Holy Scriptures— whether
1 The originalinterpolates"non." * Actsrv.13-17.